Stroudsburg school bus crashes into pole, also hits vehicle

Thursday

May 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Pocono Record Writer

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A Stroudsburg Area School District school bus crashed into a decorative pole supporting a signage pole suspended over West Main Street Wednesday morning, leaving the 50-foot suspended pole standing straight up against utility cables.

The bus, driven by Edward Moon, had just left the high school and turned east on West Main Street before the crash occurred at about 6:30 a.m.

No students were on the bus at the time.

According to police, the bus veered from the eastbound lanes into the westbound lane before shearing the pole from its base on the north side of the street. The bus dragged that pole into the middle of the Morey Elementary School exit with the signage pole still attached.

At some point the bus crashed into a westbound vehicle driven by Ronald McKain.

McKain was taken to Pocono Medical Center complaining of neck pain.

The bus driver was not injured in the crash but school personnel took him to the hospital to get checked out.

Met-Ed workers took about an hour to secure and lower the signage pole to the ground.

Electric service was not shut down and there was no damage to utility lines.

The road remained open to traffic.

Stroud Area Regional Police are investigating.

"We are still looking at the details associated with the accident, we are just glad the (bus) driver wasn't hurt," said Superintendent John Toleno.

Toleno was unsure whether the driver of the car that the bus hit was injured.

"We are hoping he is OK and there are no issues with his health," Toleno said.